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The U.S. Department of Justice has appointed a nine-member team to investigate law enforcements response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last month.

Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaking at a press conference Wednesday, revealed the team, which will be overseen by the DOJs Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS Office.

It includes law enforcement officials who oversaw the police response to prior mass casualty attacks including the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting in Colorado as well as a traumatic stress specialist who worked with public programs following 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombing.

The investigation will examine law enforcements response to the shooting on May 24, when an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults inside a classroom.

Uvalde police are facing criticism for not immediately storming the classroom where the gunman had barricaded himself in with teachers and students, and for the series of conflicting statements they gave in the aftermath of the shooting.

The new investigation, which will include interviews and site visits, is meant to figure out what actually happened and how a similar situation can be avoided.

On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice will conduct a critical incident review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, TX, mass shooting the final report will be made public pic.twitter.com/AhT0OJFxDv

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On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice will conduct a critical incident review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, TX, mass shooting the final report will be made public pic.twitter.com/AhT0OJFxDv
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The review will be comprehensive, it will be transparent and it will be independent, Garland said of the teams efforts, which will conclude with a public report that will share the departments findings and recommendations.

Nothing that these folks can do can undo the terrible tragedy that occurred and that we are just heartbroken about, he said. But we can assess what happened, we can make recommendations for the future.

President Joe Biden and Jill Biden visited Uvalde on May 29 to honor the children and adults killed there.

The same day, the Department of Justice said it would conduct a critical incident review to figure out why members of law enforcement waited nearly an hour in the hallway while the 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade Texas classroom.